Motivated by the current (2011) political climate in Wisconsin it seems reasonable to devote some time and effort to comment on issues and some of the hyperbole. So we in the public should do what we can to help focus "journalists" on delineating real facts versus spin. If you accept the spin you do not understand the policy implications.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Honduras– Palm Oil, Land and Struggle - RebelReporting.com

From Sarah's Blog (by Sarah and Jesse) - January 2-12, 2013

Honduras—a beautiful country with lush mountains and beautiful beaches,
rich in mineral wealth with land to grow many different kinds of crops,
both for subsistence and exportation. It should be a paradise for the
nearly 8 million people who live ther

e. But there is a problem. Almost
none of the country’s immense wealth makes it into the hands of the
people. Instead it travels out of the country in the hands of
international businessmen, allowing them to accumulate immense sums
while leaving the country and its people in incredible poverty. Add to
that the horrible repression the Honduran people face when standing up
to their exploiters and you are starting to get an idea of the state of
the country we (Cristalyne, Jesse and I) spent the last two weeks
traveling around in....

A few days later we were on our way to Tocoa, the place where our
journalistic work would really begin. Tocoa is a small city an hour
inland from the Caribbean coast in the Aguan River Valley, an area known
to its residents as Bajo Aguan. The stage for some of the most severe
and bloody struggles for land rights in the country ...

Despite the clear danger, everywhere we visited Campesinos were
organizing to continue the struggle to get their land back. No one has
given up despite the odds and repression. On the 14th a
coalition of Campesino organizations is planning a march through Bajo
Aguan and after that there is talk of planning more land reoccupations
in the coming months. We attended a coalition meeting in Confianza
where the theme of the day was increasing solidarity between
organizations to advance the struggle. Men, women and children live
this struggle day in and day out. They need the land to end their
slavery. They need the land to survive.